R
abbi Yaakov Luban was educated at the Rabbi Dov Revel Yeshiva, the Mesivta of Crown Heights
and the Talmudical Academy of Philadelphia. After High School he continued learning full time for fifteen
years in yeshivos in Philadelphia, Yerushalayim, Lakewood and Pittsburgh. He received smicha from Rav
Shneur Kotler, zt"l, in 1979.Rabbi Luban was hired in October 1982 by Congregation Ohr Torah. His duties as
mora d'asra require hours of pastoral counseling, halachic research, teaching ongoing classes, and playing
an active role in the Va'ad HaRabonim of Raritan Valley. He also serves as Executive Rabbinic Coordinator
for the Orthodox Union, all the while publishing numerous articles for a variety of respected Torah Journals
and popular Jewish magazines.